Railway-tie.



J. W. SAXON.

RAILWAY TIE. APIPLICATION FILED mm. 1915.

1,165,910, Patented Dec. 28,1915.

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JAMES W. SAXON, TECUMSEH, OKLAHOMA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23, 1915.

To. all w lt-m it may concern: 7

,Be it known that I, JAMES \V. Saxon, a

citizen of theUnited States, residing at Tecumseh, in the county of Pottawatomie,

State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Railway-Tie, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to an improved t1e for the support and connection of railway rails consisting of reinforced plastic end I members spaced apart and secured by a connecting rod, and provided with rail spikes and connecting eyes embedded therein and rail plates embedded thereon, and is especially designed for the rails to rest upon the centers of the end members, so that their supporting surface will extend equally in each direction from the rails.

The object of this invention is to provide a railway tie that can be cheaply manufactured from concrete or other plastic material, that will be easily handled in shipping and placing in the track and that will have superior anchorage in the road bed: a tie with end members having greater thickness and strength in their centers under the rails and tapering off to a less thickness at their ends, having their inner ends provided with eyes for receiving connecting rods, their top faces centrally flattened for rail rests and provided with spikes on each side of the rails adapted to be bent down on the lower flanges thereof to secure the rails to the tie. For a full description of the invention andthe merits thereof, also to acquire a knowledge of the details of its construction, reference is to be hadto the following descrip tion and the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l, is a side elevation of a complete tie, placed in the road bed; Fig. 2, a top view of a tie, with the rails fastened thereon; Fig. 3, a sectional side elevation of an end member; Fig. 4:, a top view of an end member; Fig. 5, a central cross section elevation of an end member.

Similar letters and figures refer tosimilar parts throughout the several views. The end members E, are made of plastic material, preferably of concrete, with the re.- inforcements a, eye members 6 and spike members 7 embedded thereinand rail plates 8 embedded in the top faces thereof as shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 5, the eyes 6, projecting out of theconcrete at their inner ends and the top ends of the spike members 7 projecting out of the concrete and above their top faces on each side of the rails.

The end members E, as shown in Fig. l and Fig. 3, are given greater thickness and strength in their longitudinal centers under the rails where they receive the severest strain from the rolling stock and taper "to their ends in proportion as the weight of the rolling stock produces less strain, there by requiring a minimum amount of concrete for their manufacture, are crowning on their top faces as shown in Fig. 5, to place the weight of the rolling stock also upon their lateral centers, to avoid crumbling of their edges from the bend of the rails, are crowning on their bottom faces as shown in Fig. 5, to render them easier to tamp in the road bed and to render the angles less liable to be chipped off by the tamping tools.

The eye member 6 is a rod or bar to be embedded in the end member E as shown in Fig. 3, leaving only the eye exposed for receiving the angular ends of the connectingrod 5, which is formed of a rod with angular ends adapted to be inserted into the eyes and to be secured therein by bending the angular ends. The spike members 7, are formed of bendable metal with anchors on their lower ends to secure them in the plastic end members E. The rail plates 8, are embedded in the top faces of the end members E and are provided with openings for the top ends of the spike members 7 to project upthrough oneach side of the rails. The end members thus formed and then seasoned or cured are placed under the rails and secured thereto by bending the top ends of the spikes 7 down onthe lower flanges of the railsB as shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2; then the angular ends of the connecting rod 5, are from the under side placed up through the eyes 6 and the ends of the angles bent so as to secure them therein. The track should then be lined, the ties tamped up to grade andthe center ofthe road bed filled in as shown in Fig. 1, thus anchoring the ties from 'side movement and protecting the connecting rod 5 from dragging brake beams.

hat I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is:

1. A rail tie having reinforced plastic ends, which have perpendicular and parallel side faces. the upper and lower faces being crowning and the upper faces of the ends being centrally flattened to provide bearing surfaces for the tails, having their inner portions provided with eyes, and a rod member having angular ends within the eyes and connected thereto.

2. A rail tie embodying reinforced plastic end members having substantially perpendlcular and parallel side faces, crowning upper and lower faces, the upper face of each of the end members being centrally flat to provide bearing surface for the rails, flat metallic spikes embedded within the tie and projecting through the top at the opposite longitudinal sides of the central portion of the endsand adapted to be' bent over the base flanges of the rails, and a connecting rod for the eyes of the plastic ends.

3. A rail;tie including plastic end members which have substantially perpendicular and parallel side faces, crowning upper andlower faces, each of the end members being centrally enlarged in side elevation and their upper faces centrally provided with a flat surface upon which the rails rest, flat bendable metallic members embedded within the tie and projecting there-above at the opposite sides of each of the flat surfaces, adapted to be bent over the longitudinal edges of the base flanges of the rails, and

a connecting rod for the plastic ends.

4. A rail tie includingspaced end members formed of plastic material and having substantially perpendicular and parallel side faces and crowning upper and lower faces, which end members are centrally enlarged in side elevation, the upper face of each of the end members being centrally flattened, flat bar bendable metallic members provided with anchors on their lower ends embedded within the tie and projecting above the tie and being disposed at the longitudinal ends of the flattened-surfaces, metallic reinforcements for the tie, certain of said reinforce ments projecting through the inner end of each of the end members and being bent to provide eyes, and connecting rod members having angular ends adapted to be inserted through the eyes and to be secured thereto by bending the angular ends. V

5. A tie for railway rails including reinforced concrete. end members, each of said end members having substantially perpendicular and parallel side faces and crowning upper and lower faces, a metallic eye member embedded longitudinally in each end member and projecting through their inner ends and being bent to provide eyes, and connecting rod members having angular ends, the angular ends inserted through the eyes and bent to secure them within the eyes.

6. A tie for supporting and connecting railway rails including reinforcedplastic end members which have substantially perpendicular and ,parallel side faces and crowning top and bottom faces, each end member being centrally enlarged in side elevation and having its top face centrally flattened to provide a bearing surface for the rail, bendable metallic members embed- (led within the tie and projecting thereabove at the opposite sides of each of the flat surfaces, adapted to be bent over the longitudinal edges of the base flanges of the tails, each end member being provided with an eye on its inner end, the eyes being connected by a rod.

7. A railway tie embodying reinforced concrete end members provided with eyes on their inner ends for receiving connecting rods, spikes projecting up through their top receive flat metallic members, fiat bendable metallic members. having their lower ends provided with anchors, embedded within the tie and projecting up through the openings in the metallic plates and secured in the said plates, a metallic member embedded longitudinally within each of the :end members,

projecting through its inner end and being bent to provide an .eye, a rod member being provided with angular ends, the angles adapted to be inserted through the eyes to connect them, and bent to secure the angles within the eyes.

JAMES w; SAXON.

Witness es:

G120. K. HUNTER, W. S. M. CAsKILL.

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' Washington, D. C. 

